Pencil-vending machine.



I A. WAGNIERE.

PENCIL VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

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AUGUST WAGNIERE, 0]! LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOE '10 E. W. PECK AND T. R. OWEN, BOTH 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PENCIL-VENDING MACHiNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. July 27, 1908. Serial No. 445,680.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST WAGNIERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Vending Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pencil vending machines and has for its object to simplify the construction of the same and thereby attain economy of manufacture.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the machine, part of the coin chute being broken away, the parts being shown in normal position ready for the insertion of a coin. Fig. 2 is a section on line x :c Fig. 1, a coin having been inserted and unlocked the apparatus ready for operation. to Fig. 2, showing the position of the parts after the operating bar has been pushed in. Fig. 4 is a section on line sc r l ig. 1, the locking device being shown in dotted lines tilted into unlocking position. Fig. 5 is a erspective view, enlarged, of the operating ar. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the looking device. the coin receptacle.

1 designates the base of the boX with side walls 2, a back wall 3 and a removable front wall 4.

5 is the top.

A shelf 6 is arranged above the bottom 1 and an ejecting s ace 7 is formed back of the shelf 6 next the ack wall 3, through which space the pencil is allowed to pass when the machine is operated. A pair of vertical ways 8- are secured to the back wall 3 and each is U-shaped in cross section, and the pencils 9 are arranged horizontally with their ends in the ways 8. A pair of inclined ways 10 are arranged on the bottom 1 underneath the shelf 6 and the pencil after passing through the space 7 rolls down the inclined ways 10 and out through a slot 11 formed in the lower part of the front wall 4, the pencil after passing through the slot 11 dropping into a shallow groove 12. The grooves in the ways 8, as shown in Fig. 2, lieforward of thespace 7 and the lowermost pencil normally rests on topof an ejector bar 13, the latter having 'oif-set ends 14 which support the pencil and having ,a. central rod 15 which is slidably mounted in a socket 16 secured to the'shelf 6. A flat spring 17 bears against the end of Fig. 3 is a view similar Fig. 7 is a perspective view of Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

the rod 15 and. acts to move the ejector bar 7 rearwardly into its normal position as in Fig. 2. A lever 18 is pivoted at 19 to the shelf 6 and one end engages the rod 15 while the other end of the lever engages in a notch 20, see Fig. 5, which is formed in the operating bar 21. The operating bar 21 is secured to a shoe .22 which slides in a plate 23, the latter being fastened flatly to the shelf 6. One side of the shoe 22 is provided with a series of rectangular notches 24 and with two large concave notches 25 and 25 at either end of the notches 2 1. A double acting pawl 26 is pivoted to the shelf 6 and has a coil spring 27 secured to one end of the pawl and tea screw 28 which tends to hold the pawl in a central position, but allows it to swing to either side from its central position.

When the operating bar 21 is in normal position, as in Fig. 2, the end of the pawl 26 lies in notch 25, the latter being deep enough to permit the pawl to lie in a central position. When the operating rod 21 is pushed inward the pawl clicks over the teeth 24 and prevents retraction of the operating rod until the rod has been pushed the required distance, at which time the pawl 26 enters the notch 25*, and the latter being sufliciently deep enables the pawl to swing in the other direction to permit the retraction of the operating rod, and during the retractive movement of the operating rod the pawl again acts to prevent the rod from being pushed in until it has been fully retracted and the pawl again engages in notch 25. The object of this pawl and rack construction is to compel the operating rod to be moved to'the complete limit of its stroke after it has once been started in either direction, and thus to prevent the machine from being tampered with in the attempt to work more than one pencil from the machine for each coin deposited. I

The plate 23 has two upwardly extending ears 29, and pivoted thereto is a lock 30, shown in detail in Fig. 6. The lock 30 is in the form of a flat channel plate and has two flanges 31 adapted to receive a coin, as indicatedin Fig. 2, and a pin 32 is arranged in one flange 31 and acts as a gage tocaliper the coins and is so arranged that a coin or slug of less than the required width will slip directly through the look, while a coin of the required width will be arrested by the gage 32. The lock has two ears 33 for its pivot horizontal to bring the pivotal line at one side of the lock, and a weight 34 is secured to one ear and acts as a counterbalance to hold the lock normally in a vertical osition, and the pivotal line of the lock is ut slightly above the end of the operating rod 21, so that when the lock is upright, there being no coin in the machine, and it is attempted to push in the operating rod 21, the end of the latter will strike against the flat back portion of the lock 30, immediately below the pivot thereof, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, and the lock being counterbalanced by the weight 34, will prevent further inward movement of the operating rod 21.

36 is a coin chute for conducting a coin from a coin slot 37 to the lock 30, and when a coin is inserted through the slot 37 it falls through the coin chute 36 and lodges in the lock 30, if it is the proper size, and the weight of the coin overcoming the weight 34 tilts the lock 30 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, whereupon the operating rod 21 is free to be pushed in. The flat channel of lock 30 extends normally in a vertical plane, so as to receive the coin from the coin chute, and the pivotal axis of the lock is horizontal and is parallel to the plane of the said channel, so that in the tilting of the lock 30, under the weight of the coin, the plane of said channel will change from a vertical to a osition, bringing the coin into longitudina position directly in the path of the operating bar.

A button 38 is attached to the end of the shoe 22 and projects through the front wall 4. Upon the tilting of the lock 30 into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, upon pushing the button 38 inward the operating rod 21 slides over the horizontal face of the lock 30 and pushes the coin out therefrom and at the same time the inward movement of the operating rod 21 turns the lever 18 and retracts the ejector 13 into the position shown in Fig. 3, thus removing the lugs 14 from under the lowermost )encil and allowing the latter to drop u )on tie shelf 6 close to the space 7. Two ifat springs 39, see Figs. 1, 2 and 3, are secured to the respective vertical ways 8 and lie close to the rear edge of the shelf 6 and prevent the pencil, which now rests upon the shelf 6, from being shaken through the slot prematurely. Upon removing the thumb from the button 38 the flat spring 17 reacts and forces back the ejector 13 and the lugs 14 pressing against the pencil 9 force back the pencil, overcoming the flat spring 39, and bring the pencil over the space 7, whereupon the pencil drops through the space and rolls down the inclined ways 10 into the shallow groove 12, and is thus delivered to the customer, the parts at this time taking again the position shown in Fig. 2 except that the lock 30 is in a Vertical position, which position it assumes immediately upon the ejection of the coin therefrom by the inward movement of the operating rod 21 before described. The coin upon being ejected from the lock 30 falls into a receptacle 40, the rear wall of which has a flaring portion 41 to guide the coin into it. The receptacle 40 also has an inclined trough 42 the upper end of which, as shown in Fig. 4, lies directly under a hole 43 in the shelf 6, the hole 43 being directly under the lock 30. The lower end of the trough 42 communicates with a slot 44 and if a coin or slug of less than the required width is inserted it will pass directly through the lock 30, as before described, thence fall through the hole 43 and into the trough 42 and be returned through slot 44 to the customer.

The front wall 4 has a panel 45 which may be transparent or it may be covered with ad- 1 vertisement. The lower edge of the front wall 4 has two dowel pins 46 which detachably engage in the holes formed in the bottom 1, and a lock 47 is provided at the upper end of the front wall 4 to secure it to the top 5. By unlocking the lock 47 the front wall 4 may be tilted outwardly and then lifted up to disengage its dowel ins 46 and thus render the entire interior 0' the machine accessible for inspection, replenishment or repair.

What I claim is 1. In a coin controlled apparatus, a slidable operating bar, means for preventing reverse movement of the operating bar except from either limit of its stroke, a tilting lock normally standing across the end of the operating bar, said tilting lock provided with means for receiving a coin and being counter-balanced to yield under the weight of the coin and said lock being so mounted that in tilting under the weight of a coin it moves into position to bring the coin into the path of movement of the operating bar to enable ejection of the coin by the operating bar.

2. In a coin controlled apparatus, a slidable operating bar, means for preventing reverse movement of the operating bar except from the limit of its stroke, and a pivoted lock having coin holding means on one side of its pivot and a weight on the other side of its pivot, the lock being in the form of a flat channel plate at the back of the end of the operating bar and its pivot being somewhat,

above the path of the operating bar and said lock being movable under the weight of a coin to bring the coin into the path of the operating bar.

3. In a coin controlled apparatus, a slidable operating bar, a shoe on the operating bar, said shoe having a series of notches and a deeper notch at each end of the series, a pawl swinging in either direction and adapted to occupy a central position in either of said notches, means for resiliently holding said pawl in its central position, a pivoted lock having coin holding means on one side of its pivot, a weight on the lock on the other side of the pivot, the lock being arranged back of the end of the operating bar and being movable under the weight of the coin to bring the coin into the path of the operating bar.

4. In a ,coin controlled apparatus, a case having a removable front, coin slot mechanism in the case, a coin receptacle removably supported in the case below the coin slot mechanism and adapted to receive the coin therefrom, said receptacle having a trough also extending beneath the coin slot mechanism, said coin slot mechanism comprising a member movable to two different positions and adapted in normal position to receive and pass a defective coin into said trough, and adapted to receive and hold a proper coin and to turn under the weight thereof to such other position, and means for ejecting coin from the said member when in such other position to discharge the coin into the receptacle, the front of the case having an opening communicating with the lower end of said trough to discharge the coin there from.

5. In a coin controlled apparatus, a slidcal coin chute, said tilting lock provided with means for receiving the coin and being counterbalanced to yield under the weight of the coin, and said lock being pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis parallel to the plane of the coin as received therein from the coin chute so that in tilting under the weight of the coin it movesinto position to bring the coin into a horizontal plane and into the path of movement of the operating bar to enable ejection of the coin by the operating bar.

6. In a coin controlled ap aratus, a horizontally slidable operating ar, means for preventing reverse movement of the operating bar except from either limit of its stroke, a vertical coin chute, and a tilting lock having coin holding means on one side of its pivot formed as a flat channel, and having a weight on the other side of its pivot, and said lock being pivoted on a horizontal axis parallel to the plane of said fiat channel so that in tilting under the Weight of a coin the lock Will move to bring the fiat coin receiving channel from a vertical to a horizontal plane and to bring said coin into the path of the operating bar to enable ejection of the coin by the operating barf In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 18th day of July, 1908.

AUGUST IVAGNIERE.

In presence of-- G. T. HAOKLEY, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

